Emergency Services

​The latest Fire and Rescue service to have selected Entel as their brand of choice for radio communications, is the New Caledonian Fire Brigade (Pompiers Nouvelle Calédonie). They join Mexico’s Fire and Civil Protection Department, Italy’s National Fire Corps and Austria’s National Cave Rescue Organisation, in choosing the HT700 series for its superior build quality and its unique IP68 rating.

The Fire and Civil Protection Department in Mexico's premier tourist destination, Cancun, has embraced Entel's submersible HT700 series radios as the ideal solution to coordinating beach safety and off-shore rescue.
The resort sees more than 3 million visitors each year, meaning that reliable communications lie at the heart of keeping tourists safe. Unfortunately, the department's old splash-proof IP55 rated radios were simply not up to the job, getting damaged and corroded during operations at sea.

The Italian Fire Brigades' governing body, the National Fire Corps, has taken delivery of its first firmware-customised, advanced signalling Entel HT715 and HT785 radios, after a rigorous selection and development process. The Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco (CNVVF) had complex scanning and selcall requirements, together with specific functionality they wanted assigned to programmable keys. It operates its own radio network and has 35,000 operational units across the whole of Italy.

Entel’s authorised dealer in Austria, Sigl Funk, has won a contract to supply three of the country’s Fire & Rescue Services with Entel HT715 radios. They will standardise on Entel portables after a rigorous selection process was completed earlier this year. The mid–band (66–88 MHz) radios impressed with their audio clarity and rugged commercial grade build quality – ideal for the toughest environments.

Austria’s National Cave Rescue Organisation, based in Salzburg, is always looking to improve and upgrade its rescue services in the Austrian resort. So it is no surprise that when it came to revising its communications strategy, they opted for the submersible Entel HT723S VHF selcall model which offers a ruggedly robust solution for just such a demanding application.

Entel is pleased to announce that after 3 years’ success in supplying the UK Fire & Rescue Services with in excess of 22,000 handheld portable radios, the services have renewed their commitment to standardise on Entel for a further 3 year contract.

UK Fire Services

Over the last ten years, Entel have supplied in excess of 30,000 portables to the UK Fire Brigades. During this time, Radiocoms Systems Ltd, who are one of Entel’s Premier dealers, have supplied the Brigades with the HX400 series and the HT submersible series including the ATEX variants. Commitment has also already been made towards the forthcoming Entel DMR Digital portables being released later this year.

In July 2009, the Romanian Coastal Rescue Services took the decision to upgrade their lifeguard services to EU standards, coordinating their activities nationwide in order to help develop the country's tourism.

Following a comprehensive reorganisation, the Taipei City Fire Department in Taiwan has taken the decision to standardise on Entel portables for its radio communications, after a year of negotiations. Via a dealer based in Taiwan, the city’s 12 Fire Battalions have collectively taken delivery of over 1000 radios already – just four months into the 2 year contract that will see regular scheduled deliveries from Entel's Asia distribution hub.

Fire–fighters in New Zealand have given Entel a big vote of confidence after taking delivery of brand new HT780 radios for their fleet of fire engines. Thanks to a local fund-raising drive in the The Puke region of the Bay of Plenty, fire–fighters in this part of New Zealand’s north island have been able to furnish all of the tenders with brand new Entel submersible radios.